Vehicle-seat



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y T. B. PADGITT.

VEHICLE SEAT.

Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

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T. B. PADGITT. VEHICLE SEAT.

No. 482,064. Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. PAD'GITT, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,064, dated September 6, 1892.

Application filed May 25, 1892. Serial No. 4341358- (NO mdel To all whom it may concern:

v Be it known that I, THOMAS B. PADGITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Stool, of which the following is a speciiieation.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable vehicle seats or stools known as seats for children, and it consists of the construction and ar rangement of the parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a vehicle, showing the improved device in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sect-ion of the front part of the body of a vehicle and the seat or stool in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the arrangement of parts as shown by Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the seat or stool detached and the several parts thereof shown in dotted lines to indicate the position of the same.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates the seat or stool, which is made of suitable length and width and upholstered either in leather or cloth, as found desirable and best adapted for the intended use. To the opposite ends of the said seat are hingedly connected arms or irons 2, adapted to be folded down upon the cushioned portion 8 of the seat or stool, and to the under side of the device, near the opposite ends thereof, are hingedly attached legs 4, which are adapted to fold inward against the bottom 5.

Adjacent to the dash 6 is secured a foot rail or bar 7, and extending through the dash by passing through the front sill 8 under the dash are safety-hooks 9, having their bent or hooked ends passing around the said foot rod or bar for a purpose which will be presently explained. To the said under side 5 of the seat or stool are secured a number of hooks 10, two being shown in this vinstance, which are adapted to adjustably and detachably engage the foot bar or rod and hold the outer side of the seat or stool close against the dash. By this means the said seat or stool maybe readily attached to or detached from the foot rod or bar, and when adjusted in position for use the front side or edge thereof is lowered to cause an engagement of the said hooks l0 with the foot rod or bar 7 and then raised to adjust the legs in vertical position. Then the seat is arranged as set forth, the hooks 10 bear against the safetyhooks 9 to prevent the stool or seat from slipping or fallinglaterally, as will be readily seen.

When it is adapted to store the seat or stool, the end arms or irons 2 and the legs 4 are folded down and the device as a Wholel disconnected from the foot rail, bar, or rod and placed in snug position endwise under the vehicle-seat and in rear of and covered by the fall of the cushion thereof.

The device can be attached to any form of vehicle having a foot rod or rail, and the simple construction of the device renders it of increased value and advantage, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

It is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts might be made and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of hinged end arms or irons and legs, hooks on the bottom side of the seat, the seat-body, the foot rod or rail, and safety-hooks, all constructed and arranged as set forth.

2. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of the seat-body or stool,

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and adapted to hold the seat or stool in poxo sition, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS B. PADGITT.

Witnesses:

W. C. PADGITT, P. W. ODOM. 

